Example sentences of "to do [adv] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And still , after Crime and Punishment , the idea of a confession novel or story tugs at the edge of Dostoevsky 's vision , and continues to do so for the rest of his life in the form of The Life of a Great Sinner which he planned on the scale of War and Peace , but which never got written though it fed previous material into his novels of the seventies , and especially Karamazov at the turn of the next decade . |
| 2 | ‘ 2(1) The powers of the Director under this section shall be exercisable , but only for the purposes of an investigation under section 1 above , or , on a request made by the Attorney-General of the Isle of Man , Jersey or Guernsey , under legislation corresponding to that section and having effect in the Island whose Attorney-General makes the request , in any case in which it appears to him that there is good reason to do so for the purpose of investigating the affairs , or any aspect of the affairs , of any person . |
| 3 | She marched straight into Tony Richardson 's office in her summer dress and sandals , sorted out Walter 's money to her satisfaction , and continued to do so for The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner and Tom Jones , nine Merchant-Ivory films and more recently Ballad of the Sad Café , from Carson McCullers 's poignant novel . |
| 4 | Finally , as this is the Christmas issue , I 'm finishing with a little quiz , which I hope you will find time to do just for the fun of it over the holiday . |
| 5 | Nicholas had probably devoted those last moments , in part , to regretting that he had failed to do more for the peasantry , but if Alexander understood the late tsar to mean that he should introduce changes he was slow to take the injunction to heart . |
| 6 | We use your money to do more for the conservation of birds — and we also welcome your support |
| 7 | Another part of the emancipation legislation appeared to do more for the cause of local representation , but proved to create as many problems as it solved . |
| 8 | I think he would like to do more for the band but we are completely stupid and like do everything for ourselves . |
| 9 | There is a commitment to do more for the environment . |
| 10 | ‘ I want to do well for the club but I seem to be heading up a blind alley and maybe a move is the only solution . |
| 11 | At the SCG I was impressed with the way the South African pace bowlers tightened line and length after somewhat loose opening period of play no doubt caused by first-time tension and over-eagerness to do well for the folks back home . |